Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-24
ms MUDDY MISSISSIPPI

:, IA, gfostgOmsrB ddeahssr appears the
o,,,,, b. q. Louis letter giving some rem
spol ssssces Of interest
~ sstD .,,tous FRANKS Of the great river have
u sas joy soen viewed with sus cion and alarm
~~ tHD' roverpment engineers and municipal
" "A, gnss When st. Logis O small
"A A. nn,t M liver made bold and almost sue
cs p '1 attempt 10 cut new channel three
T s s'p' ri IFS present course. The effect Of
sa re' d have been to leave the city 'sbigh
wv Nv Nv =. !, and It Is TO the active intelligence
\ rn w. .rtoeerng skill Of Lieut.. r. L. Lee that
M Wv NV owes its present harbor.
Ssa" Mississippi forms semicIrcle about
tiR l ts,is and the territory thus inclosed has
i%uN ~ frontage Of fourteen miles. The
a M av,enis from Carondelet on the south
\. w r Vs. water works the north, along the
e, L., waier front of the city Only about
[a'a w.. .nss of ii Is improved, and this portion
II 'as ssctly in front Of the business part of the
n w. The site OF st. Louis originally
'.s.top of natural terraces reaching back
r'v got NV nes from the river Then the ground
~ u 80 dowaward and was cut up BY deep
" paes and co-ered BY numerous ponds. The
/, aadef ~ front In the vicinity OF the present
ashef, Lac was originally high bluff and the
~ arc ',s inhabitants had nothing to fear from
Z snail TX wster This bluff had been cut down
Fcn iM =. miles aud its base transformed into a
Law. 800 The street directly facing the water
~ ealed Front street. but now since this
'out ,ay has departed, u Is known as the Levee
In The improved portion Oh inc 81 LOUIS leyee
uu b an inclined piahe' pa'cu WIN stohe ex-
MARY dny from the street level to the water
rbsdistance from the apex TO the water de-
.od. on the mood Of the river. The plane
rides nsved fully three hundred feet and the
Fr bus ,,y ia in very low stage when the bed be-
ay the paving is exposed. As stated, this
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Potter iguN, ~ b., t,,lIs. 49, 'no
COM lilies almost throtted the trade of St. Louis
The M uissouri b,pl. IF tho Miss;ss,,,i oIo.
s1nk' he entire length Of the state, is chain of
Y vg' bluffs The Illinois side, from Alton to Cairo,
u DIS stat and low, and between these two towns
Promt les the famous American bottom. The bot
femed toms vary from three to six miles In width,
kenny nom tbe low bank of the river to the eastern
b. a'a 'n0 ~" '1"N y, '"e " 'ne EASTERN
parks bluffs, and are two hundred miles long, con-
Potter tanning sixteen million of the most fertile
posing Dl in the world. The river especially in the
fman fcny Of St. Louis is inclined to sweep over
sup. hese acres, and to protect them great dykes
who md leyees have been constructed on the
truck EASTERN bank. Directly in front of this city
Inos vas once a famous island called Bloody
|gthe slandn on account of the many fatal duels
kde Ought there 1t there Senator Thomas
him t. Benton killed Charles D. Lucas and ex-